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Contexts Present participle for to shift the blame (for one's wrongdoing) to someone else Present participle for to feel or declare that someone or something is at fault or wrong Present participle for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement Verb ▲ Present participle for to shift the blame (for one's wrongdoing) to someone else evading responsibility shifting the blame laying something at somebody's door “Somers makes no secret of his dislike for bureaucracy and his contempt for people who pass the buck.” Verb ▲ Present participle for to feel or declare that someone or something is at fault or wrong blaming accusing censuring condemning admonishing faulting denouncing incriminating reproaching impeaching impugning inculpating reproving indicting denunciating framing rebuking recriminating reprimanding imputing saddling fingering rapping holding accountable holding responsible holding liable accusing of assigning fault to laying the blame on placing the blame on assigning guilt to assigning liability to considering guilty of finding guilty of pointing the finger laying a guilt trip on laying at one's door laying a bad trip on shifting the blame Verb ▲ Present participle for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement hedging equivocating prevaricating tergiversating fudging pussyfooting dodging vacillating flanneling flannelling waffling quibbling evading sidestepping weaselingUS weasellingUK ducking stalling avoiding temporisingUK temporizingUS stonewalling hesitating shucking shilly-shallying dodging the issue parrying questions evading the issue fudging the issue humming and hawing pussyfooting around sidestepping the issue beating about the bush ducking the question sitting on the fence copping out hemming and hawing flip-flopping blowing hot and cold beating around the bush shuffling around copping a plea giving the run around hedging your bets mincing words fencing parrying shuffling cavilingUS cavillingUK paltering conning jiving adumbrating pettifogging lying fibbing subtilizing covering up straddling the fence mincing matters stalling for time ducking the issue shuffling about running around avoiding the issue begging the question telling white lie clouding the issue giving run around circumventing shirking balkingUS giving the runaround baulkingUK dancing around an issue worming one's way out of rambling shifting skirting falsifying misrepresenting blathering skirting the issue shifting ground about playing it close to the vest wavering dancing around fast-talking bypassing straddling an issue dodging the question giving nothing away playing your cards close to your chest copping out of beating about the bush about getting out of beating around bush quibbling about fending off finding a way round skirting round avoiding answering eluding eschewing welshing reneging fleeing getting around sneaking away slipping out putting off Find more words! 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